Nothing gets my dander up more than welfare cheats. Gov. Paul LePage ran on this issue four years ago, and is running on it again. He hired six to eight additional employees to work on welfare fraud, yet he has not prosecuted any more cases than Gov. John Baldacci before him. He capped welfare benefits at five years, but he has transferred the burden of helping 40,000 Mainers without work to local government. How senseless is that?
Only Mike Michaud has qualifications and experience to be governor, having served in the Maine House and as Senate president and as a six-term congressman. He’ll see that Maine gets its fair share of crucial federal funding, which LePage does not comprehend.
We need to pay attention to who has Maine’s best interests. This election I’m proudly voting for Democrats Michaud and Chellie Pingree and Republicans Matthew Pouliot and Roger Katz.
Gloria Fleming
Augusta
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